Right handed

[Kalidasa]

Who on here has a right handed bird?

 

[Mitchan]

I've got both a leftfooted and a rightfooted! It's quite interesting.

 

[FreddyCheeks]

Right handed.

 

[Wings]

Mine is left-footed.. Budgerigars feed on seeds from the grass...that's why they are called "australian grass parakeets". They adapted to now use their feet as seeds are too small to hold, and they aren't really holding onto food high in the forest so there is no worry of dropping it. But she does step-up first with her left foot first. so i'ma say left-footed

 

[Wdlodge]

Lefty here

 

[Mayden]

Merlin's left foot is all broked and stuff. So he has to use his right for most things. Guess that makes him right footed, but not necessarily by choice.

He tries to hold things with his left foot as much as possible though, so... who knows?

Charlie, I don't know yet.

 

[Kalidasa]

So I guess it's like people but opposite, where the majority are lefties. I'm wondering if it makes them more "right brained" .

 

[Wdlodge]

Merlin's left foot is all broked and stuff. So he has to use his right for most things. Guess that makes him right footed, but not necessarily by choice.

He tries to hold things with his left foot as much as possible though, so... who knows?

Charlie, I don't know yet.

What happened to Merlin's foot?

 

[Mare Miller]

I read, somewhere, that most parrots are left footed, mine are. They step up with the left and hold their food with the left foot.

 

[josiesmom]

Hmm...interesting question. I think Josie may be ambidextrous. She holds food with her right foot, but steps up with her left. I'm thinking the left footed step up is because the way the cage door opens and I'm right handed so I always put my right hand in for her to step up. She can get better footing if she starts with the left foot. I'm intrigued by this question now.

 

[tab_xo]

Fargo steps up with his left foot, but he holds food or foot toys in either foot..

He waves with his left, shakes with his right

And he always sticks his tongue out on the left side of his beak

 

[crimson]

at the rist of sounding duh.... I've never payed much attention.

Now I'm curious for each of my tame birds.

wow, I can't believe it missed that.

 

[ConureCrazy]

That's funny, now that you mention it. Bella and Zora, sisters, are both right handed for everything. I believe Oliver is too but I can't be sure.

 

[Kalidasa]

Hmm...interesting question. I think Josie may be ambidextrous. She holds food with her right foot, but steps up with her left. I'm thinking the left footed step up is because the way the cage door opens and I'm right handed so I always put my right hand in for her to step up. She can get better footing if she starts with the left foot. I'm intrigued by this question now.

That's funny because I open the cage the same way, and she usually starts with the left, but when she holds or uses her own claw as a scratching post it's always the right. Makes me wonder does that mean they're more "right brained"? (I'm not sure how it works, now I gotta go check....) (ok, it's the opposite side of the brain of the dominant hand, keep forgetting that )

 

[ruffledfeathers]

My Gilbert is generally a lefty. Georgie was generally a righty. (sadly, I hadn't even remembered that and I think I assumed she was a lefty until I really gave it a lot of thought). I wondered about left brain/right brain differences in parrots too. My Gilbert has more left brained traits where Georgie had more right brained traits (for humans), so.....hmmmm....that doesn't really seem to add up...

 

[Kalidasa]

My Gilbert is generally a lefty. Georgie was generally a righty. (sadly, I hadn't even remembered that and I think I assumed she was a lefty until I really gave it a lot of thought). I wondered about left brain/right brain differences in parrots too. My Gilbert has more left brained traits where Georgie had more right brained traits (for humans), so.....hmmmm....that doesn't really seem to add up...

Maybe in parrots it's reversed like the dominant hand thing?

 

[ruffledfeathers]

other people must be interested as well:
Hand Preference in Humans, Animals Explained : Discovery News : Discovery News

 

[tab_xo]

What are the left and right brain traits?

 

[Birdlover11]

My two budgies are lefties !

 

[Nocturnal]

From observation, most birds are lefties. I can't think of the last time I saw a "righty" and I work in a bird store!!